2010: Winner, Junior Research Group Competition, School of Language & Literature, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), in cooperation with Jörg Kreienbrock, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
2005: Publication of first book "Zwischen Utopia and Neuer Welt" funded by the Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Science and the Arts
1999: University of Oregon Graduate School Scholarship (declined due to research stay in Germany)
1993:Sherill C. Corwin Metropolitan Theatres Association Writing Award; Best One Act Play (Santa Barbara/California) for Death Invades Siena
1990: First Prize, 10th International Competition for Young Authors, Regensburg Writer's Guild International (rsgi), Regensburg/Germany
